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Infestation: The New Z cover art

Infestation: The New Z

Fredaikis AB · OP Productions LLC · 2016-11-22

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ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.

115
playing now
54%
positive of 34k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
722h
time to beat (IGDB)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

115 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 115 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 281 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33233220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

220672026-08-06 21:00 — 107 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 179 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 180 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 123 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 152 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 197 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 172 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 169 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 83 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 151 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 153 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 98 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 137 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 130 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 121 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 153 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 140 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 121 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 104 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 220 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 115 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "That looks cool!"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,9630%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPRPGCo-opActionShooterViolentZombiesSurvivalAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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